NIH Public Access Policy Overview (Webinar)

A video and PowerPoint presentation from a webinar about the National Institute of Health's Public Access Policy. Overview of the Policy Who Has to Comply? When do you Have to Comply? How to Secure the Required Copyright How to Submit your Article How to Cite your Article How to Cite with EndNote More Information Sources Questions and Answers

An overview of China's one child policy and health consequences on society

In 1979, China implemented the one child policy to stifle the burden of the massive demographic growth cast on the future economic development and quality of living conditions. At the time, a quarter of the world's population resided in China and occupied only 7 percent of the world's arable land (The World Factbook, 2006). The government set the target total population to about 1.4 billion for the year 2010 and to significantly reduce the natural increase rate. First this overview paper will describe population demographics and economy of China's society. This paper will also investigate what the one child policy entails and how it is implemented. Furthermore, the consequences of the policy in regard to population growth, sex ratio, marital discrepancies, adverse health of mother and child, aging population, and pension coverage will be examined. Finally, future recommendations and an alternative policy will be postulated to increase the effectiveness of the policy and improve its effects on health. ^

An evaluation of Employee Assistance Programs: An overview and case study

Methodologies for the analysis and cross-evaluations of Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) are necessary to indicate program weaknesses and strengths for both present and future EAP services.^ As EAPs have matured from simplistic industrial alcoholism programs to all problem-encompassing, complex programs, an aggressive group of entrepreneurs has developed. Business and industrial managements need established criteria to select the most suitable professional services for their needs, as well as the best investment value for cost containments.^ Four major EAPs were compared to determine critical areas necessary for cross evaluation. Future standardization of terminology and definitions of services will facilitate both the evaluation of a specific program and its comparison to problems or successes of other EAPs.^ Past evaluation difficulties have been caused by the lack of EAP program accreditations and professional personnel licensure requirements. The Association of Labor Management Administrators and Consultants on Alcoholism (ALMACA) has recently set certification criteria for personnel, which will enhance the professional standards for EAPs. ^

Overview of Data Management Planning Tools

These Data Management Plans are more comprehensive and complex than in the past. Libraries around the nation are trying to put together tools to help researchers write plans that conform to the new requirements. This session will look at some of these tools.